Work & commute · Passaic

Work & commute in Passaic, NJ

Most working residents leave Passaic for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Clifton (7%) and Paterson (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,054 of 25,208 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,154 Passaic residents head out of town to work, 3,054 work right here, and 14,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Passaic.

22,154live here, work elsewhere

3,054live and work here

14,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Passaic goes to work

Passaic (in town)right here

12%3,054

New York, NY16.7 mi away

9%2,173

Clifton1.7 mi away

7%1,776

Paterson4.3 mi away

4%1,100

Newark9.5 mi away

3%702

Hackensack4.9 mi away

2%514

Paramus6.9 mi away

2%510

Jersey City10.6 mi away

2%490

Fairfield9.3 mi away

2%486

Wayne8.6 mi away

2%441

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%13,962

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Passaic commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

61%

26%

61%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Passaic is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Passaic are

17,174 jobs are based in Passaic. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Passaic’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Passaic

17,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Passaic residents hold

25,208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+8%

Jobs based in Passaic, 2013 → 2023: 15,965 → 17,174. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.